[General Maximus]

exactly, and I would have accepted some criticism for it (although I still think, in a round about way, it conveyed that people might not be willing to install an app just to help him) had there been no further activity in the thread but given the ops response I think it was perfectly valid as it provides addresses his concerns. The analogy is this:

We go and bomb somewhere like Afghanistan because we say they have VMDs. We then find the WMDs but you moan saying why did you bomb them when you didn't know where they were. I say our initial course of action was perfectly justified because we did find WMDs. If we didn't, they you can dish out all the criticism you want.

Yes my post might have sounded a bit pointless but the op's subsequent behaviour has actually made it perfectly valid so he has brought it on himself.